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German table tennis player

Ruwen Filus
Filus in 2017
Personal information
Nationality German
Born (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 37)Bückeburg, Germany
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing style Right-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking 18 (January 2018)[2]
Current ranking 90 (12 August 2024)[3]
Club TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing Germany World Championships Silver medal – second place 2018 Halmstad Team World Cup Bronze medal – third place 2011 Magdeburg Team European Championships Gold medal – first place 2011 Gdańsk–Sopot Team Gold medal – first place 2017 Luxembourg City Team Gold medal – first place 2018 Alicante Mixed doubles Gold medal – first place 2021 Cluj-Napoca Team Silver medal – second place 2015 Yekaterinburg Team Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alicante Doubles

Ruwen Filus is a German table tennis player who plays for German club TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell in the German Tischtennis-Bundesliga.

In March, Filus played in WTT Doha. In the WTT Star Contender event, he upset Jang Woojin in the round of 32,[4] Jun Mizutani in the round of 16, Lin Yun-Ju in the quarter-finals, and Darko Jorgić in the semi-finals en route to an impressive surprise run to the finals.[5] He lost to Tomokazu Harimoto 4-2 in the finals.[6]

Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2019 ITTF Challenge, Thailand Open South Korea Seo Hyun-deok 4–2 [7]
2022 WTT Contender Almaty Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju 4–3 [8]

Filus is a chopper that uses long pips on the backhand and a defensive Joo Se Hyuk blade; however, he actually tends to win many of his points on offensive shots.[5]

Filus married Verena Petri in June 2013. He has two daughters.[_citation needed_]

  1. ^ a b "Ruwen Filus - TTBL". ttbl.de (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. ^ "ITTF World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Top 6 Storylines Following Round of 32 At WTT Star Contender". edgesandnets.com. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b "6 Ruwen Filus Shots To Watch Out For In The WTT Doha Finals". edgesandnets.com. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Confident Tomokazu Harimoto Defeats Ruwen Filus 4-2 To Take WTT Star Contender Title". edgesandnets.com. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Bangkok highlights: Ruwen Filus like a London bus". ittf.com. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  8. ^ "WTT Contender Almaty 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 18 September 2022.